mmaweekly.com - 12/2/2008
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- BABALU HAPPY WITH TITLE WIN, STILL WANTS TITO (Monday, November 24, 2008) Picking up the Strikeforce light heavyweight title on Friday night, Renato "Babalu" Sobral talks about his win and the possibility of defending his championship against Tito Ortiz... - A NEW AFFLICTION, FEDOR MUSES ON ...
sports.yahoo.com - 12/4/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
In the next two months, the UFC will
put on three major, pay-per-view events that will feature...
three championship fights and some of the best-known and liked fighters in the sport. The end of the year blowout, UFC 92, will decide two belts: ...
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UFC 93: The little card that could
sports.yahoo.com - 12/1/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
The UFC has done a good job of
cultivating it's image. Much of it was done via the...
internet through media member who were fans of the sport. The organization has always yearned to hit the big time and get coverage from mainstream ...
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Germans may not welcome UFC with open arms
mmajunkie.com - 11/28/2008
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mmajunkie.com —
A middleweight bout between Jeremy Horn (80-18-5 MMA,
6-6 UFC) and Rousimar Palhares (8-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC),...
and a light-heavyweight fight between Tomasz Drwal (14-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) and UFC newcomer Ivan Serati (10-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) have both been signed for ...
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Horn vs. Palhares, Drwal vs. Serati on tap for UFC 93
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Babalu Out, Vitor Belfort vs Matt Lindland for Affliction: Day of Reckoning
Bloody Elbow —
This Fan Post was promoted to the front page by Nick Thomas.
MMAWeekly reports that the catchweight fight of Babalu Sobral and Matt Lindland has been cancelled in favor of putting up Lindland against Vitor Belfort in a middleweight matchup for Affliction's January 24 event.
Renato "Babalu" Sobral defeated Bobby Southworth recently to capture the Strikeforce light heavyweight championship. One unfortunate side effect for the new titleholder, however, is that he has been removed from a fight against No. 3 ranked middleweight Matt Lindland. Affliction had planned to pair Babalu and Lindland against each other at the ...
Vitor Belfort vs. Matt Lindland Added to Affliction: Day of Reckoning; Babalu Out
FanHouse —
by Michael David Smith Filed under: AfflictionAffliction has rearranged the fight card for its January 24 Day of Reckoning show, with Matt Lindland now scheduled to take on Vitor Belfort in a middleweight matchup. Lindland had previously been scheduled to face Renato "Babalu" Sobral, but Affliction vice president Tom Atencio told MMA Weekly that he decided to pull Babalu and do Lindland vs. Belfort instead. Apparently not everyone at Affliction got the memo; Affliction's web site still lists Babalu vs. Lindland. Vitor Belfort vs. Matt Lindland Added to Affliction: Day of Reckoning; Babalu ...
Punches in bunches: Alvarez vs. Aoki; Linland vs. Belfort and more
Brawl Sports —
... The catchweight fight between Babalu Sobral and Matt Lindland has been cancelled in favor of a middleweight fight between Lindland and Vitor Belfort at Affliction's Jan. 24 event. (mmaweekly.com) ...
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